Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-05-06
OUR FALSE HAIR.
Where IL Comes from and How II IL
Obtained--Its Manipulation.


Obtained--Its Manipulation.
"Nearly all the false hair that is sold
in this country" said hair-dealer to a
Herad reporter recently. lis brought
from France and Germany. 1t is OBJ
tainod in those countries from the peas
ant girls The Berlin and Paris mer-
chants send their agents out through
I the county districts. and whenever one
of these agents meets lass with a fine
crop OF hair, he immed ately begins TO
bargain with her. As rule the peas
ants know so little of the world, and
are so utterly ignorant of the value OF
things, that they generally sell their hair
at the most ridiculously low prices. 1t is
nothing uncommon to see French
peasant girl dispose of the most magni-
hcant suit Of hair, "a suit that we could
sell for S75, for worthless earring or
string of bright-looking beads. IL
these merchants meet girl on the
road whose hair attracts them, they
never give the poor girl chance TO
think. or opportunity to go home and
consult her parents, but the moment
she says yes. out come their shears
and of goes her magnificent hair, and
the poor child's only return is worth
less trnket. 1t seems sad but such is
life-at least hair merchants life. After
the hair has been all collected and
brought into Paris and Berlin it is
then put through cleaning process
and assorted and arranged. On all hair
as it comes from the head, there is, no
no matter how clean a person tries to
keep her or himself, more or less
dandruff. The hair is passed through
sort Of wire net or chain, the wires
of which are so close together that the
hairs themselves can scarcely pass
through. You would think this would
cut the har, but it does not. 1t only
gets the dirt off, and it does so most
effectualy. After the hair is thus
thoroughly cleaned, it is assorted in
proper colors, qualities. and lengths.
Then the black hair is again
run over and three more piles or heaps
are made of 1.-THE long black hairs the
medium, and the short. The light hair
is milarly assorted. Then the dealers
mix the black and light hairs together
and make from them different shades.
BY mixing jet black, for instance,
with a color of two shades lighter than
jet black you get color exactly one
shade lighter. and this is the rule all
through the different combinations of
hair colors. A color mixed with an
other color that is two shades lighter
than itself will produce color one
shade lighter, and shade that appears
to be perfectly natural. IL the hair is
mixed with color that is more than
two shades it will produce streaky
comb nation. which is. of course, TO be
avo ded; but VIXEN the m king is proper
ly done not even an expert c.tn tell the
ference between the real color and
the color that is the result of this
skillful manipulation. The French are
the most expert hair mixers in the
world, and many blonde or brown
suit of hair that looks SO perfectly
natural is in reality. the product of two
fferent heads. and all the result of
the ingenious French hair mixers.
What does a head of hair cost Il? Well,
of course. there is in hair. as in every
thing else. an immense variety of kinds,
and consequently an immense variety
of prices. Heads Of hair can be bought
as low as $l5. and there are many that
bring SIS. For this latter price /
should say that the very best suit of
hair that can be found in Boston can
be purchased. 1t does not cost
woman. or, should probably say in
order TO keep in the fashion, a Mrs.
now as it did three or four years ago.
The Mrs. Ladies do not wear near so
much hair now as they did then, as
anyone, even Mr.. Gentleman. can see
by glancing at one of their heads. Con-
sequently. while it formerly cost
fashionable female from 500 to $3.50
to perfectly adorn he head, supposing.
of course, that she had no hair at all to
start with, the same female can now
buy the very best head gear in Boston
at from $50 to $75, Is there much
false hair worn in Boston? Oh, an
immense deal of it. l indulge in no
exageration when / say that there are
not tive women in one hundred who do
not wear some false hair.-BoSton
Herald.